Annual meeting, 26-28 June 2023, Sopron, Hungary

26-28 June 2023

26-28 June 2023
Place of the venue: Sopron, Hungary

26 June 2023, Monday (Hybrid)
Arrival of participants
11:30	Meeting at the Reception of Hotel Lővér
12:00 – 13:30	Lunch – University Restaurant (Nyugat)
13:30 – 14:00	Registration, University of Sopron, Ligneum
14:00 – 14:15	Welcome Ferenc Lakatos, University of Sopron, Secretary of REUFIS Norbert Winkler-Ráthonyi, FAO REU
14:15 – 16:00	REUFIS meeting – part 1 – moderated by Ferenc Lakatos Overview of Remote Sensing and GIS Applications for Forest Monitoring – Géza Király, Kornél Czimber, University of Sopron, Faculty of Forestry, Sopron
16:00 – 16:30	Coffee break
16:30 – 18:00	The Hungarian Forest Health Monitoring System – Current methods, future possibilities – Ferenc Lakatos, University of Sopron, Faculty of Forestry, Sopron Forest Health Monitoring Systems across the globe – Shiroma Sathyapala, FAO HQ
19:00	Dinner together – Hotel Lővér
27 June 2023, Tuesday – REUFIS meeting (Hybrid)
9:00 – 9:15	Welcome Ferenc Lakatos, University of Sopron, Secretary of REUFIS Norbert Winkler-Ráthonyi, FAO REU Shiroma Sathyapala, FAO HQ
9:15 – 10:30	REUFIS meeting – part 2: Keynote presentations – moderated by Ferenc Lakatos *Modelling Ips typographus* development and predisposition to outbreaks in Austria – Sigrid Netherer, Institute of Forest Entomology, Forest Pathology and Forest Protection, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Vienna, Austria (online) Monitoring the status and expansion of bark beetle problems in the north-western corner of Europe – Bjørn Økland**, Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO) As, Norway
10:30 – 11:00	Coffee break
11:00 – 12:30	REUFIS meeting – part 3 – moderated by Shiroma Sathyapala Country presentations – part 1 Digital solution in pest surveillance in Ukraine – Denys Baturkin, Ukraine Digital solutions for monitoring bark beetle damages in Belarus – Mikhail Ilyuchyk, Belarus
12:30 – 14:00	Lunch – University Restaurant (Nyugat)
14:00 – 15:30	Country presentations – part 2 The Bulgarian practices and needs – Petya Mateva, Executive Forest Agency, Directorate Forestry From the sky to the canopy – Mara Tabakovic-Tosic, Institute of Forestry, Belgrade, Serbia On the system of forest health monitoring in the Russian Federation – Anastasia Kozadaeva, engineer of Department of state forest pathology monitoring organization, Russian Centre of Forest Health, the Russian Federation Discussion Wrap up and closing of REUFIS meeting, Shiroma Sathyapala, FAO HQ
15:30 – 16:00	Coffee break
16:30 – 18:00	Meeting of the REUFIS focal points Current issues in the REUFIS member countries (interventions by focal points): *The state of development of the outbreak of mass reproduction of the bark beetle Ips typorgraphus* in the spruce forests of the European part of Russia – Yuri Gninenko, senior researcher, Head of Laboratory for forest protection against invasive species, Russian Research Institute for Silviculture and Mechanization of Forestry, (VNIILM), the Russian Federation Agrilus planipennis, Polygraphus proximus, and its associated Corinectria spp.: approaching threats to European ash and fir – Rimvys Vasaitis, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden REUFIS workplan 2023-2025, Shiroma Sathyapala & Ferenc Lakatos** Discussion and conclusions
18:00	Dinner together – Restaurant in the city of Sopron (Main Square: Gyógygödör)
28 June 2023, Wednesday – Field & laboratory training (Offline)
9:00 – 12:00	Departure to Forest Study Company Ltd., Sopron mountains (from the Hotel Lővér) – approx. 5km walking in the forest
12:00 – 13:00	Lunch – University Restaurant (Nyugat)
13:00 – 15:00	REUFIS meeting – part 4 – University of Sopron, Inst. of Forest and Natural Resource Management (Building A) Modern molecular biology applications in forest diagnostics and protection – György Sipos, University of Sopron, Hungary How to use data acquired? – Open discussion
15:00 – 15:30	Coffee break
15:30 – 17:00	Feedback from participants regarding the meeting
17:00 – 18:00	Shuttle for participants leaving on Wednesday from the University
18:00	Dinner together – Hotel Lővér
30 June 2023, Friday – Departure of participants
9:00	Project meeting on TCP/RER/3801
13:00	Departure of participants